Famous Beauties Wed in Close Succession
Two famed models marry within days of each other as Blanche Mecredy, known as the Fencing Girl, weds Roy Atwell, and Violet Blossom Conrad, famed as the Angel Face, weds Charles Ridgely Ellicott. Both women rose to prominence through renowned portraits and sculpture studies by leading artists.
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Blanche Mecredy
Violet Blossom Conrad
Roy Atwell
Marie Cahill
Charles Ridgely Ellicott
United States
Conrad
Blashfield
fAmhouse Mucha
Daniel French
Anderson
Christie
Miss Conrad
Robert C. Mecredy
Philadelphia
Maj
Casper H. Conrad
United States Infantry
Miss Mecredy
Blanche West
Mark Cahill
Willie Drinkwater
Miss Cahill
Mr. Atwell
Surprise party turns into Washington wedding for Miss Conrad
A New York debutante known as the girl with the angel face is surprised at a party arranged by her mother. Guest Ellicott announces plans to marry her, and the Rev Dr Warren marries them as an impromptu ceremony with an orchestra in the venue.
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Miss Mecredy
Mr. Atwell
George B. McClellan
New York
Miss Conrad
Mr. Ellicott
Washington
Fort Randall
S. C
Conrad
Mr. Blashfield
State House
Des Moines
Iowa
Violet Conrad
Santiago
el Caney
Angel Face
Dr. Warren
Youthful Chesterfield Pupils Mischief Amid School Rules
A Sabetha area pupil kept after school prompts a slate letter to the teacher with cheeky lines about engagements and a future rendezvous. Separate notes report Dismal Swamp in Washington studies showing gradual sinking and Lake Drummond expanding as ideal drainage falls short.
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Sabetha
Tristing Place
Washington
Lake Drummond
Virtue as Reward and Punishment Explored
A concise reflection on virtue offering rewards or punishment by its own nature and by moral consequence. The saying suggests virtue governs outcomes through inner standards, aligning with personal conscience and ethical balance.
Destitute Age Frames Wealth as Supreme Virtue
A stark aphorism argues that genuine worth lies in poverty of means, not riches, elevating moral virtue over material wealth and suggesting time’s deprivation defines true character.
Bald Heads Joke Ends With Price Tag Poke
A humorous exchange about bald-headed barbers prompts a punchline on price. The wise man claims a bald barber cannot separate him from the cost of hair tonic, while the simple person questions the logic in a compact joke setup.
Had Reason to Know
Conversation shows two women and a man naming a misdeed as a hat sat on during the day with a masher remark. The dialogue contrasts perceptions of Gerald and Geraldine about the man's character and appearance.
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Gerald
Geraldine
Hail the Chief In Hinsdale A Mock Salute On Fireboat Visit
A former Hinsdale New Hampshire chief engineer famed for dignity and small height travels to New York with a humorous friend. The crew salutes him as chief aboard a fire tug, while his companions smile. Later, a town meeting shifts from acclamation to ballot, crowning a new chief by 177 to 1, revealing the ex chief’s loss and a near clash with friends.
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Fire Department
Hinsdale
N. H
New England
New York
Hinsdale Fire Department
Valuable Formula Claims 24 Hour Cold Cure With Pine Oil Mix
A medical authority touts a home remedy using Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) with whisky and glycerine to heal lungs, break a cold in twenty four hours, and cure any curable cough. Preparations are sold by druggists in half ounce vials. the maker Leach Chemical Co. is cited.
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Pine Woods
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
In A Pinch Use Allen's Foot-Ease
An old advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder claims it cures painful smarting and ingrown nails and relieves sweating feet. It promises comfort, easy shoe fit, and is sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package option from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Fred
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Relative Relates to Election Witness and Family Ties
A courtroom exchange recounts a voter’s claim of kinship in the election process. The judge asks how the witness is related as a friend who swore in the vote is questioned. The reply, set in dialect, notes a wife’s washing as the familial link.
Flute Dispute Forces Tenant to Evict Flaky Neighbor
A tenant confronts his landlord about a new occupant who plays the flute at 2 a.m. The two clash over taste and a night of scale playing ends with the tenant breaking the flute and the neighbor moving out.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Human Penholder Creates Ink Writing With Finger Nib
A Manhattan resident carries a nail grown to nearly an inch long and shapes it like a goose quill nib. He dips the finger in ink and writes by rapid scribbles, learning balance and control without a traditional pen.
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Manhattan
Water From Pennsylvania Mines
Water from Pennsylvania anthracite mines pumps out over 500 million gallons daily. The 1905 average reached 638 million gallons per day, with nearly 1,000 engines moving water from mine bottoms to the surface at 500 thousand gallons per minute. Even if coal production halts, water flow continues, contributing major costs to anthracite prices per the Iron Age.
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Pennsylvania
Grape-Nuts A Family Favorite For Health
A Philadelphia woman credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health for herself husband and children. She describes severe stomach congestion eight years ago and says since using Grape-Nuts for four years her strength has increased and the family now eats it for breakfast. The firm Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich notes the booklet The Road to Wellville and the slogan There's a reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Httle
Wellville
Soldier's Gold Watch Snatched by Crowd
A First Regiment of Artillery soldier, Jules Corneloup, was leaving the Metropolitan Station on Avenue de Suffren when a passerby warned him. He found his gold watch hanging from a button on his dolman, apparently snagged by the crowd.
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Artillery
Jules Corneloup
Paris Figaro
Metropolitan
Avenue de Suffren
Dolman
Ample Atmospheric Nitrogen Lets Global Fertilizer Use Grow
The article argues nitrogen from the atmosphere is effectively inexhaustible. It cites France losing 608,000 tons yearly with little manure returned, estimates 5,000,000 tons globally, and notes 1905 nitrate soda use. It concludes the atmosphere could supply the world for about 1,000,000 years at that rate.
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France
A Rare Complaint from Puck on Wealth and Heart
A fragment quotes a satirical exchange about ruthless business success and the supposed failure of men to soften their hearts. The dialogue contrasts a cynical view of ambition with a counterpoint about lacking compassion in power.
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Uthless
Puck
Real Honor Names DoGes For Mighty Men
Rich uncles may have babies named for them but truly great men earn dogs named after them, hinting at public esteem and lasting legacy.
England's Automobile Work Investment and Employment
About 60 million dollars is invested in England for motor wagon manufacture with around 250000 men employed as chauffeurs and related workers. Their wages total about 75.9 million dollars annually.
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England
Misleading Phrase Sparks City Editor Confrontation
A city editor scolds a reporter over a sentence about Miss Sissy Sisson, insisting the phrase had her face slapped implies it was at her request. The reporter defends that it reflects her press agent’s influence.
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Sissy Sisson
Muscial
Hopeful News and Ghosts in Frostbit Shade Convo
In a playful dialogue Mr Beaton and Misa Twinkle discuss a ghost that has not walked for three weeks. The exchange jokingly attributes the delay to frost bite rather than locomotor ataxia, quoted with Puck’s witty presence.
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Mr. Beaton
Misa
Puck
Farmyard Gossip Prompting Feathers to Combat Cruel Talk
A bawdy exchange between two roosters comments on humans and their debate over which meat color is better. The scene uses animal voices to critique human inconsideration and vanity.
Simple home remedy for kidney and bladder troubles
A well known specialist claims that most kidney and bladder problems respond to a homemade mix. Fluid Extract Dandelion one half ounce, Compound Karyon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Dose is a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime. Mix by shaking in a bottle. obtainable at any pharmacy.
Handicapped Exchange Sets Tense Night Talk
A terse dialogue reveals a confrontation about fingernail contact and a proposed action involving Nan and Archie. The speakers debate restraint and intent, with implied tension and past promises shaping the exchange.
Allcock's Plasters Praised as Superior Medical Remedy
Worth Knowing that Allcock's Plasters represent the highest result of medical science and skill with unmatched ingredients and method. They are the original genuine porous plasters whose reputation imitators copy. They never fail to work quickly and effectively for weak back rheumatism colds lung trouble strains and all local pains providing the best plasters made.
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Allcock
Life Without Love Reflections From an Old Bachelor
A terse meditation on bachelorhood and the idea of love as life’s missing companion. The speaker contemplates companionship, purpose, and the value of independence in a world where marriage is absent.
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Nan
Archie
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